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Alamo, Arkansas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Alamo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71960. It stands on Smith Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bonnerdale quadrangle.

Alamo within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Alamo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 991 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 15 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism15
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOuachita National Forest177 W-18
6 September 2011Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOuachita National ForestHICKORY NUT #1
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOuachita National ForestHICKORY NUT #2
29 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresOuachita National ForestMAZARN
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOuachita National Forest120
22 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOuachita National ForestJOPLIN LOG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Alamo: 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Quartz, Flagstone, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Montgomery County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownFlagstoneUnknown
UnknownSilicaUnknown
Kimes Crystal AreaQuartzUnknown
Starfire MineQuartzProducer1990

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

4 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alamo in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2020: 3 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2020Flash FloodAlamo-Culverts along Old Dallas Road were washed out due to the high water.
May 2014HailAlamo-no account filed
April 2014HailAlamo-no account filed
April 2014HailAlamo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Montgomery County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Lucky (historical)1.4 miles7
Mazarn3.5 miles7
Hickory Station4.2 miles7
Plata4.4 miles16
Silver4.7 miles15
Joplin4.8 miles14
Imelda (historical)5.3 miles7
Hurricane Grove7.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 70415. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.